Wetlands are permanently or seasonally flooded areas with high water tables, saturated soils, and water-tolerant plants. Types of wetlands include fens, bogs, swamps, marshes, and ponds. Swamps and marshes are the most common type of wetland in Oxford County.

The purpose of this project is to conserve and enhance the wetland-related natural heritage resources in Oxford County, as well as, to conserve and protect surface water quality, prevent floods, and store water for release into streams and other shallow water systems as well as shallow aquifers.

• 50% for locally significant or unevaluated wetlands.
• 75% for Provincially Significant Wetlands or wetland features associated with significant and/or ecologically important terrestrial features identified in the Oxford Natural Heritage Systems Study (ONHSS).

$5,000

Must complete an Environmental Farm Plan to be eligible.

• Livestock must be fenced out of wetland.
• Appropriate permits and/or approvals must be obtained for all activities in and around existing wetlands or created wetland areas.
• Municipal approval must be obtained for any alteration of existing drainage works.

• Create swamps, marshes, and ponds (for wildlife).
• Plant buffer strips around swamps, marshes, and ponds.
• Plant lure crops, such as native grasses, around swamps, marshes, and ponds.
• Install wetland drain structures for wetland creation and controlled drainage.
• Install water level control devices.
• Habitat structures such as wood duck boxes, osprey nests, basking areas.
• Install beaver baffles.
• Invasive species control measures.
• Subsurface drainage tile removal or system decommissioning.
• May include establishment or enhancement of linkages/corridors including stream corridors to create or improve wildlife corridors and linkages to/from wetland areas and other natural areas.
• Other

Materials and labour associated with the project.